TO994M | day 2 | night | audio | private to BT612L, DI481O, JK002N, RE419S, TN811N, VL121R

[cactusy]

[For those who can see this message, congratulations, Shaw has seen your network activity and decided that your call sign is worth making a note of. She has a little mnemonic for your first three digits and everything!]

Heard from LO4 - Martin Blackwood. He talked to a guy over his walkie who's been here longer than us, but has access to a different radio network and is "forbidden" from contacting ours. The intel I got was kinda sketchy, but, uh-- actually, lemme just read it. "SU818C. Name Sol. On island before us. Can't talk much. Forbidden. Will stay in contact with Sol if alive tomorrow. Wants to help. On different network, but some access to us. Called something 'guardians'. Drones in Scripture, maybe. Cult, maybe. Power not supposed to be on".

[She pauses, clearing her throat.]

He had some kind of aversion to talking about it in full public view, so I'm not doing that, but LO4 said I could pass it on privately. Personally, I think it's pretty damn likely we're being monitored across private and public feeds, but this Sol could know something we don't, I guess.

Any of you got any clue what to do with this?

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[aluminumandash]

Nothing top to bottom?

Not sure there's such a thing. Thought we could maybe rig something up based on letter placement.

[hyakuoku]

[ What is UP with this guy never talking out loud? Well, Senku isn't inherently suspicious of people, so he doesn't jump there, but he figures there's a reason. He's inherently curious, so he wants to know what the reason is. ]

I'm just a scientist who studied a lot of different stuff before the world got petrified, that's all.

[ He doesn't like building himself up. ]

Could be something else, though I don't know what it would be. I wouldn't rule out that possibility, though. Maybe the number is the important part. If we can find others like him or some sort of list of callsigns, we'll have more to go on.

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[salamanca]

[ ohohoho senku u are one smart cookie ]

Don't sell yourself short. Me, I could probably study for a million years and never get this stuff like you do.

[ The praise is genuine. Senku may not like building himself up, but Lalo likes to build up other people when he feels they've earned it. ]

The device has a list of callsigns you can access! Want me to tell you how to get to it?

[ Lalo might not be a scientist but he's curious and observant! And Senku can't see it but he's giddy at the prospect of INFORMATION!!! and talking to people. ]

We can split the list. Each try to contact half. See what happens. What do you say? I already tried to contact IN732Q, and nothing.

[salamanca]

Morse code? A modified version?

[aluminumandash]

Common w military.

[aluminumandash]

Wait till we have a plan.

[salamanca]

You got it, Hoss. ;)

[ "Hoss" is a thing cops say, right? Lalo likes to imagine he sounds very American right now!

The wink, that's just his personal touch! ]

[aluminumandash]

[ Bro is your walkie malfunctioning. ]

[salamanca]

[ c'mon grandpa get on aol online. you gotta be getting those cds in the mail. then all will become clear. ]

[cactusy]

Charlie-Oscar-Oscar-Lima-India-Delta-Echo-Alpha.

Problem is, I bet anything that's familiar to all of us is something that anyone listening in would know, too.

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[cactusy]

RE4's right about waiting until we have a plan, but we shouldn't hem and haw for too long, and I like this one.

[cactusy]

I could probably do a couple top to bottom from that guy who did the really short, mundane ones.

So much depends upon a red
wheelbarrow
glazed with
dewdrops
beside the white chickens

That's it. Not likely to be too helpful here.

[cactusy]

Bet you anything whoever's in charge of this knows it, but I like your style.

[cactusy]

Mail as in chainmail?

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[salamanca]

Gracias, mi amiga! I'm flattered. [ He really is. ]

Well, Hoss? What do you think?

[ He knows you're reading this, pig. Oink oink. ]

[aluminumandash]

Long shot anyway. [ Sorry, your friendship level isn't currently high enough for him to gripe about the line breaks.

Anyway, he'll out and say it: ] You think Martin playing dead could bring him outta the woodwork?

[cactusy]

I don't think Martin's in a good enough way to run a con, and in a couple more hours he might not have to play at all.

[aluminumandash]

[ A couple hours. He absorbs that like a blow. ] Hell be suspicious of anyone contacting him outta nowhere.

We looking for info or help?

BT612L; voice

[ichoosefight]

I think that until all of us have a reliable source of food, water and shelter we should focus on that, stay out of sight, and trust no one. As far as I can tell nobody is trying to kill us yet, but we were brought here against our will. That makes this enemy territory. We should act like it.

[meadqueen]

Yes. When I still thought bandits had done this, I suspected they had taken it to sell.

[cactusy]

Right. Because you're from... olden times.

[She's been eavesdropping!]

[cactusy]

Ideally, info will help us help ourselves.

But it sounds like Martin's beyond helping himself. We need help for him, too.

[cactusy]

On it since day one, sister. None of the people screaming about spaghetti and making idiots of themselves can see this.

[meadqueen]

[Excuse you]

It's not old.

[ichoosefight]

[ Sigh. ]

If this person is offering information there's no reason not to take it. But anything we hear has to be verified. And as far as I know nobody's in a position to be worrying about cults, power, or drones that aren't actively firing on us.

If they are, they should spend that energy helping the rest of us. Every man for himself isn't efficient for anyone.